#5533AA
#5533AA
Purples · #53a is the three-digit shorthand for #5533AA. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.
| HEX | #5533AA |
|---|---|
| RGB | 85, 51, 170 |
| HSL | 257°, 54%, 43% |
| CMYK | 50%, 70%, 0%, 33% |
| Relative luminance | 0.07 |
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Text contrast
Aa
On white
8.61:1 Passes AA
Aa
On black
2.44:1 Below AA
Colours that work with it
Complement
#87A932
Analogous
#324CA9#8F32A9
Triadic
#A95432#32A954
Shade scale
50100200300400500600700800
Seen with colour blindness
ProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
How to read this
- A hex code writes red, green and blue as two hexadecimal digits each. #ff0000 is red at full strength and the others at zero.
- HSL states hue (0–360°), saturation and lightness. Nudging a colour brighter means changing one number, which is why it is easier to work with by hand.
- Text contrast follows WCAG. Body-size text needs 4.5:1 or better, and 21:1 between white and black is the maximum possible.
- The colour-blindness row computes how this colour appears under three types of colour vision deficiency — the reason never to encode information in colour alone.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Are #53a and #5533AA the same color?
Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #53a expands to #5533AA. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.
Q. What text color works on #5533AA?
White text. Contrast against white is 8.61:1 and against black 2.44:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.
Q. Which named color is closest to #5533AA?
Grape. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.